Guido Manuli

Guido Manuli (born 11 June 1939) is an Italian cartoon animator, screenwriter and director.

Biography
Born in Cervia, Manuli started working in the animation field in 1960, and was a close collaborator of Bruno Bozzetto for 18 years, working as a gagman, scriptwriter, and director of animation at Bozzetto Films. He co-directed with Bozzetto the shorts Opera (1973) and Striptease (1977), and made his debut as a sole director with the science-fiction satirical short Fantabiblical (1977). He directed the animation sequences of Maurizio Nichetti's To Want to Fly (1991), and in 2001 the Giuseppe Verdi's Aida-inspired animated film Aida of the Trees. Manuli also directed music videos, advertising shorts, and openings for television shows.

Selected filmography

 * Shorts
 * Fantabiblical (1977)
 *  Count-Down (1979)
 * S.O.S. (1979)
 * Erection: To Each His Own (1981)
 * Only a Kiss (1983)
 * Incubus (1985)
 * +1 -1 (1987)
 * Istruzioni per l’uso (1989)
 * Trailer (1993)
 * Casting  (1997)
 * Loading  (2004)


 * Feature-length films


 * To Want to Fly (1991, co-directed with Maurizio Nichetti)
 * L'eroe dei due mondi (1994)
 * Monster Mash (2000)
 * Aida of the Trees (2001)